Romans 8:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Common English Bible

²⁹ We know this because God knew them in advance, and he decided in advance that they would be conformed to the image of his Son. That way his Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For those whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son; that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren.

Romans 8:29 Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 89:27

I also will make him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

Exodus 33:12

And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Exodus 33:17

And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Matthew 12:50

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

Matthew 28:10

Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Matthew 7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

John 17:16

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

John 17:26

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

John 20:17

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

Romans 11:2

God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel,

Romans 13:14

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

1 Corinthians 2:7

but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

1 Corinthians 8:3

but if any man loveth God, the same is known of him.

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Ephesians 4:24

and put on the new man, which after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Philippians 3:21

who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.

Colossians 3:10

and have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

2 Timothy 2:19

Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 1:20

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain from the foundation of the world.